Hypertext Webster Gateway: "huffing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Huff \Huff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Huffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Huffing}.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of
imitative origin.]
1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
--Grew.
2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
with insolence; to hector; to bully.
You must not presume to huff us. --Echard.
3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
have captured an opposing piece). See {Huff}, v. i., 3.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
huffing
adj : breathing heavily [syn: {puffing}, {puffy}]
n : an act of forcible exhalation [syn: {puffing}, {snorting}]
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